I'm actually looking at an increased number of parties as a very good thing. It will force governing parties to seek compromise with others. While this may slow down policy making, I think it will increase accountability.
The greatest failing of the US electoral system is the way it encourages two-and-only-two parties with the "winner take all" strategy.
Since I believe that governments, on the whole, wreak more harm than good, I much prefer them divisive and ineffectual. Thus, the only things that get done being those which are so overwhelmingly beneficial that they're almost impossible to argue. Beats spending hundreds of billions on some plan that 51% figure "it's probably a good thing." :P
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Date: 2004-06-29 09:23 am (UTC)The greatest failing of the US electoral system is the way it encourages two-and-only-two parties with the "winner take all" strategy.
Since I believe that governments, on the whole, wreak more harm than good, I much prefer them divisive and ineffectual. Thus, the only things that get done being those which are so overwhelmingly beneficial that they're almost impossible to argue. Beats spending hundreds of billions on some plan that 51% figure "it's probably a good thing." :P